Item Type: | Editorial |
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Title: | Stem cells: Orphan receptors find a home |
Creators Name: | Birchmeier, W. |
Abstract: | The protein Lgr5 has been valuable as the undisputed marker of intestinal and other stem cells. It emerges that Lgr5 and its relatives also have essential signalling roles of relevance to health and disease. |
Keywords: | Adult Stem Cells, Epithelial Cells, Frizzled Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled Receptors, Signal Transduction, Thrombospondins, Wnt Proteins, Animals, Mice |
Source: | Nature |
ISSN: | 0028-0836 |
Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
Volume: | 476 |
Number: | 7360 |
Page Range: | 287-288 |
Date: | 18 August 2011 |
Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1038/476287a |
PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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